Device for transferring checks, tickets, &amp;c.



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UNITED- `SIT-Ares i PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB C. WOLFE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FCR TRANSFERRINC CHECKS, TICKETS, sbo.

SEEGIFXCATJLON forming part of Letters Patent N o. 692,577, datedFebruary 4, 1902.

4 e Application filed March 23,1900. Serial No. 9,943'I (No model.)

T0 all whom, fm/ty concern:

Be itk'nown that I, JACOB C; WoLFn, a eilizenof the United States, and aresidentof the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Devicefor-Transfel-ring Checks, Tickets, dac., of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a device which is especiallyadapted to be used in connection with a type-writing machine and to soconstruct said device that checks, tickets, or other matter to betabulated or from which memorandums are to be made may be quickly andconveniently taken up from a mass or bunch and delivered singly to atable or other support in front o f the operator, from which table orsupport the article ldelivered thereto may be readily discharged to makeroom for a following article from which a record is to be made.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a machine of thecharacter above set forth which will be simple, durable eco` nomic, andcapable of being placed upon any type-writing stand and operated throughthe medium of the foot of the operator and .alsoA to so construct themachine that at one movement of a foot of the operator a check, ticket,

yor other article may be picked up from a.

bunch or pile ,and quickly placed in such'position that the operator mayreadily master its contents, the machine being also so constructed thatit will automatically return to a position which will enable it tofasten itself upon the next object to be brought to the view of theoperator.

The invention consists in thc novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved device applied to atype-writer stand, which stand is shown in dotted lines.

is a bottom'plan View of the receptacle upon which the checks, tickets,o1' other articles to be manipulated are placed. Fig. 3 is a plan Fig.2'

. 'view of the improved device complete. Fig. l is a side elevationofthe improved device, the transferring-arm being in grippingposil'ion.\ Fig. 5 is a vertical section through' the 5 alsorepresenting in longitudinal section a portion of the gripping device.Fig. 6'is a horizontal section through the transferringarm and itssupport, the parts suspended from the arm appearing partially in planview. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section through the head of thetransferring-arm, taken practically on thek'line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. Sisa plan view of the receiving-table, illustrating a construction of thesame whereby should two checks or tickets stick together but one of themwill be presented to the operator; and Fig. 9 is afront elevation of theconstruction shown in Fig.v 8.

A represents a base-plate, which is shown as resting upon the table of atype-writing cabinet B, and O represents a receptacle which is adaptedto receive the checks, tickets, or other articles that are to betransferred for tabulation or other purposes. The receptacle C is heldabove the base A by means of suitable legs v10 or the equivalents of thesame, and at'the front of the base A an inclined table lOais piv'otedinsuitable supports 1 1, the lower end of thetable enteringa slot 12 inthe base, and the check or ticket which rests upon the table 10n is heldin position while the table is in its inclined position by en- When thetable 10, however, is carried in the direction of the operator orinadirection to deliver `the check or ticket into the slot 12, the checkor ticket will fall into a drawer 14:, held open to receive it andlocated beneath a projecting portion of the 'base A. VThe table 10aisrocked through the medium of an arm 13, which is attached to one ofits pivots and extends down below the base A, to be operated upon by atreadle mechanism, to be hereinafter described.

ceptacle O, near the'ends of the same, and these arms 15, which standvertically, are conhorizont'al members 16, as shown in Fig. 2,

transferring-arm audits rotating support the view being drawn on a largescale, Fig.`

nected with horizontal membersl, and thesek 8s gagement with the forwardedge of the slot 12.v v

Arms 15 are located at the sides of the re- Ico have transverse slidingmovement in ways 17, formed upon the bottom of the receptacle C.Diagonally-opposing members 16 are connected by bars 18, and these barscross one another and are provided with slots 19, through which pins arepassed into the members 16, as is also shown in Fig. 2. Vherethe bars 18cross each other they are connected by means of a pin or bolt 20, whichpin or bolt enters a slot 2l in the shank portion of a T- bar 22, thehead portion of which bar, at its ends, is provided with slots 23,through which pins 24 are passed into the said bars 18, as is alsoillustrated in Fig. 2. A stem 25 is secured to the T-bar 22 and hasguided movement in a suitable device 2G, attached to the base A, so thatby moving the stem 25 outward or inward the corresponding verticalclamps 15 may be drawn together or carried apart to accommodate checks,tickets, or the like of different sizes. which are to be placed upon thereceptacle C.

End clamps 27, likewise having a vertical direction, are provided forthe end portions of the receptacle C, and these end clamps 27 aresecured to bars 28, which move longitudinally in suitable guides in thebottom portion of the receptacle C. Links 29 are adjustably attached tothe bars 28, extendingin opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 2, andthese links are connected by a cross-bar 30, so that when one of the endclamps 27 is adjusted to or from the receptacle C, which adjustment isusually accomplished by hand, the opposing clamp will have acorresponding adjustment.

A cylinder D is secured in any suitable or approved manner, preferably,to theleftfhand side ot' the base A at the front, and this cylinder D isprovided with a longitudinal groove 32 in the opposite walls ofthecylinder, which is straight with the exception of its upper portion, andthis portion ofthe groove is rendered more or less spiral or curved. Thecyl inder is usually provided with a cap 33, in which a screw 34 isadjustably secured, for a purpose to be hereinafter mentioned. A sleeve35 is mounted to slide on the cylinder D, and a horizontal tubular-arm38 is secured to the upper portion of this sleeve. A pin 39 is pivotedby a stud 40 or its equivalent in the said sleeve opposite the arm 38,as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and, as illustrated in Fig. 6, the said pin39 is provided with a longitudinal slot 42. The outer end of the pin 39is carried through the slot 32 in the fixed cylin der D, and a piston 44is held to slide in the cylinder D,which piston` has a transverseopening therein adapted to receive the pin 39, and the piston 44 hasvertical movement to a greater or less extent to and from the pin 39, asshown in Fig. 5. The piston 44 is provided with a cap 44a, securedthereto in any suitable or approved manner, which cap is usually of lessdimensions than the upper surface of the plunger, as shown in Fig. G.The inner end 45 of a rod 47, which inner end 45 is usually liattened,is placed in the slot 42 in the pin 39, being pivoted therein at itsinner end by a stud 46, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

The plunger is provided below its cap with a cavity in which a plug 49is adapted to slide, the said plug being usually supported by a spring50, and the inner flattened portion 45 of the arm or bar 47, whichextends in the tubular arm 38 of the device, is provided with a lowerprojection 48, adapted to engage with the plug 49 and with a projection5l, adapted to engage with'the set-screw 34. When the plunger 44 iscarried upward, the plug 49 upon engaging with the lower projection 48from the bar or arm 47 will lift the said arm, and when the arm or bar47 has been carried upward by the plunger to a certain elevation theupper projection 51 of the bar or rod 47 will engage the set-screw 34,and the bar, arm, or rod 47 will be given a downward inclination. It isnecessary in the operation of the device that the plunger 44 in -itsupward movement should engage with the bar or arm 47 and lift the sainebefore the plunger acts so forcibly on the said bar or arm 47 as tocarry the sleeve also upward.

The plunger 44 is usually operated through the medium of a rod 52, whichextends down through the cylinder D and at one side of the cabinet B,being provided at its lower end with a foot-.treadle 54 or itsequivalent, by means of which the plunger -rod may be raised, the saidplunger-rod dropping through gravity when pressure on the treadle isrelieved. The plunger-rod 52 is provided with an offset 53, and whenlheplunger-rod 52 has been carried to its full upper position the offset 53 will engage with the finger 13, projected from the spindle ol'the table 10, and will so operate the said finger that the table will becarried toward the operator and the article placed thereon will bedumpedinto the drawer 14 or other receptacle placed to receive it. The table10 rectiiies itself automatically when out of engagement with the offsetA head E is connected with the outer end of the tubular arm-38, attachedto the sleeve 35. As shown in Fig. 7, this head consists of an uppervertical section 55 and a lower horizontal section 56. A post 57 ishelfl to slide in the upper section 55 of the head E and partially inthe lower or horizontal section 56, and the upper portion of the post 57is provided with an eye 58into which the outer end of the pivoted bar orarm 47 enters. An opening is made in the upper portion of the head E,through which the upper extremity of the post 57 may extend. Across-head 59 is secured in any desired manner to the bottom portion ofthe post 57, and this cross-head isprovided with slots 60 at itsextremities, which slots receive crank-pins 6l, secured on disks G2,which disks are mounted to turn in the horizontal or lower portion 5G ofthe head E, as illustrated in Fig. 7. Each disk 62 is provided with asecond crank-pin 64, and these crank-pins enter vertical slots inhorilIO zontal'bars 63, which extend out through the end portions of thehorizontal section 56 ofV ftherhead E, as is also shown in Fig.`7. The

outer ends of these bars 6-3vare provided with slots 65,and fingers66,which face in direction of each other, are adjustably mounted on theslotted ends of the bars 63 by set-screws 67`o`r their equivalents,which pass through the same, and at each end ofthe spring'68 across? bar69 is secured, and these cross-bars carry sheets 70, of'l rubber oralike material, held normally in a downward position by springs 7l.vvWhen the tubular arm 38 is carried over the receptacle yC and dropsdownward, the elastic sheets or tlaps 70 engage with the end portions ofthe uppermost check or ticket on theysaid'receptacle C and canse thecheck or ticket to longitudinallybuckle or arch in such f manner thatits central portion will be at an elevation from Athe Vchecker ticketimmediately beneath vit,and at such time the fingers 66 will be inposition-to enter beneath the central portion of` the uppermost check orticket'. The rubber flaps being in oblique position move ltoward eachother in their'i-nitial contact with the check,and thereby buck-1e it.Such an "entrance isV accomplished upon the first upward movement of theplunger 44,l the sleeve 35 being retarded-in-its upward movement by aspring 51a, and this tirstl up- Ward movement of the plunger will causethe arm or bar 47 to be carried upward andltake with it the post57,7causing the disks 62-to turn in such direction that the fingers 66,

carried by the bars 63,'will bedrawn indirection of each other and willclamp the said uppermost check or ticket.A In-the further upwardmovement of the plunger 44 the sleeve 35 is carried upward, and theltubular arm 38 will be likewise moved upward in a vertical direction andyet maintain its position above the receptacle C. When, however,

the upper curved portion ot' the slot32finV the cylinder Dis reached,the tubular arm 38 will be carriedvover toward the operatoruntil the arm38 will be over thetable'lO, at which time the set-screw 34 will engagewith the upper projection 5l on the lifting arm or rod 47, andthe latterwill be forced downl ward, carrying' the post'57 in the head with it andso -locating the disks 62 that the bars v63-wil1 be forced Voutwardandthe fingers 66 will be lcarried out of clamping engagement withthecheck or ticket, which'will ,bedel posited on the table 10a,-thebpe'rator still maintainingdownward pressure on: the`trea' die 54.After the face ot the check'or ticket has been copied to the. desiredextent the plunger-rod 52 is forced farther upward in" order to tilt thetable l()a forward,- and thus drop into the drawer .14 the check orticket placed on said table. When the treadle 54 is relieved frompressure, the tubular arm 38 ymodiiication 'in the'constructionof thetable 10i.` vIt may sometimes' happen that two' checks' or tickets will--cling ltogetherlwhen lifted up by theclamping devices ofy the arn 38,and in order to prevent two tickets or checks being deposited on thetable 10a, the undermost one being concealed', the table'is providedwith a section 74 lat its left-hand end', which section is provided witha covering'75`, of rubber or alike 'materiah This coated surface'isadaptedto be engaged by a lip 76, which may be also of rubber,l carriedvby ahead 77, which head is mounted upon the upper end of a rod 78,attached tothe -oftset 53 from the plunger-'rod 52, and just'below theheadl 77 the god 78 is provided with a curved'secti'onl79, which entersan opening 8O in the-base, and when a check or ticket is deposited onthetable '10 a portion'of said check or ticketwill extend over the fixedsection l75 of the table. As the oset 53 is carried up"-k ward to engagewith thefinger 13 on thetable` l0 the lip 76 will be'forced yindirection off the-longitudinal axis of the table l0a4 in en'- gagementwith the-uppermost check vor ticket 'if two have been deposited thereon,and thislip 76 will force the uppermost check or ticket onto the dumpingsection yof 'the table 10?; leavingan end portion ofthe lowerticketo'rcheck exposed at the fixedsectionz 75 of the table, and inthis mannerthel operatorwill bein'formed whether or not the deviceihas pickedl Vupmore-than one check or'ticket. After thus? pushing the uppermost check"or ticket lengt-hlA IOO wise of the support or table yand placing itinv -position'to be taken or dischargedtherefrdm,

and thereby exposing theV check' that may-'ac-i cident'ally lie beneaththeorie pushed aside," the separating device 7 6 is drawn outwardlyacross the fixed section 75? of vth'etafble and rests rupon the exposedsubjacent check andholds ity-so that -it will not 'be l'taken or dis--lodged fromits position whileth'eupperm ost check-is being' removed:4

Having thusdescribedl my invention, I

claimas newvand Adesire to secu re b yV Lettersl Patent-4"' -1.--Thecombination-of asuitablejsu'pport vor holderV for-checks or thelikej,means for separating the topchecfk ofithe pilefrom the others so that itmay be readily accessible'to:

thegraspingdevice, a carrier reciprocating`v verticallyabove said checksupport orhold'er and provided-with grasping devices adapted" to'movehorizontally toward and away from eachother to grasp a check andthen torev lease it, and meansl for actuating said grasping devices to seizethe check when moved down upon it and to :release it when the carrierhas moved away from the pile of checks, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth,

2. The combination of a suitable support or holder for checks or thelike, means for separating the top check of the pile from the others sothat it may be readily accessible to the grasping device, a carrieradapted to travel horizontally back and forth between said check-supportand a distant point where the checks are in turn to be deposited andhaving a vertically reciprocating motion above said check support orholder, said carrier being provided with grasping devices adapted tomove horizontally toward and away from each other to grasp a check andthen to release it, and means for actuating said grasping devices toseize the check when moved down upon it and to release it when thecarrier has moved away from the pile of checks, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. The combination of a suitable support or holder for a pile of checksor the like, a carrier moving to and fro between said support and thedistant point where the checks are in turn to be deposited, said carrierbeing adapted to pick up the top check of the pile and deposit it at thedistant point, and a separating device for engaging the check whendeposited and moving it so as to expose a check that may accidentallylie beneath it, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of a suitable support or holder for a pile of checksor the like, anV

arching device comprising a vertically-reciprocating frame provided witha set of suitably-spaced yielding members adapted to be pressed downupon the top check of the pile and to move toward each other in theinitial contact when so pressed down upon the check to arch orbuckle thesame between them, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of a suitable support or holder for a pile of checksor the like, an arching device comprising a vertically-reciprocatingframe provided with a set of suitably-spaced oblquelydepending yieldingmembers projecting toward each other and adapted to be pressed down uponthe top check of the pile and to move toward each other in the initialcontact when so pressed down upon the check to arch or buckle the samebetween them, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination of a suitable support' or holder for a check or thelike, an arching device comprising a suitable frame or member providedwith suitably-spaced flaps ot' rubber or like frictional material,having their free ends projecting toward each other so that they tend toapproach each other when pressed against the check for arching the same,the said support and the said arching device having relative movementtoward and away from each other, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

7. The combination of a suitable support or holder for a check or thelike, an arching device comprising a spring-supporting bar suspended atabout its central point of length and provided at eachend with frictiondevices adapted when pressed against the check to buckle the samebetween them, the said support and arching device having relativemovement toward and away from each other, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

8. The combination of a suitable support or holder for a check or thelike, an arching device comprising a bar supported at about its centeroflength and provided at each end with spring-pressed iiaps of rubberprojecting to.- ward each other and adapted when pressed against thecheck to buckle the same between them, the said support and archingdevice having relative movement toward and away from each other,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. The combination of a suitable support or holder fora check or thelike, an arching de-` vice comprising a suitable support or memberprovided with suitably-spaced friction members adapted to approach eachother when pressed in contact with the check and thereby buckle the samebetween them, the said arching device adapted to move toward and awayfrom the said check-supportingdevice so as to be pressed in contact withthe check, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

l0. A device for lifting acheck or the like, the same comprising asuitable member or frame having the ends thereof lying beyond the planeof the center portion thereof and adapted to be pressed in contact withthe. check, a grasping device mounted upon said member or frame at apoint between its ends and out of the plane of such ends whereby whenthe check is held by the grasping device its ends are depressed,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ll. A device for transferring checks or the like from a pile of the sametoa point distant therefrom, such device comprising a carrier providedwith means for arching the top check of the pile, mechanism forgraspingthe arched check, and a releasing device for depositing the said checkwhen the carrier arrives at the distant point, substantiallyas and forthe purpose set forth.

l2. A device for transferring checks or the like from a pile ot' thesame to a point distant therefrom, such device comprising a carriertraveling to and fro between the pile of checks and the distant pointand having capacity of movement toward and away from the checks at rightangles to its path of travel, means for forcing the carrier down uponthe top check of the pile, said carrier being provided with means forarching the top check when forced against the same, mechanism for grasp-ICO IIO

ing the arched check, and a releasing device for depositing the saidcheck when the carrier arrives at the distant point, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

13. A device for transferring-checks or the like from a pile of thesameto a point distant therefrom, such device comprising ahorizontally-swinging carrier-arm and means for swinging itto and fro,such carrier-arm having capacity of vertical movementand means for somoving it when brought over the p ile of checks, the said carrier-armbeing provided with means for arching and grasping the top check of thepile, and a releasing device for depositing the said check when thecarrier arrives at the distant point, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

14. A device for transferring checks or the like from a pile of the sameto a point distant therefrom, such device comprising ahorizontally-swinging carrier-arm having capacity of vertical lmovementwhen brought over 4the pile of checks and provided with means forarching and grasping the'top one of the pile, a plunger-rod providedwith an operating lever or treadle, connections between said plunger-rodand the swinging carrier-arm wh ereby the lifting of the plunger-rodserves to raise the carrier-arm from the pile of checks and then swingitV over to the distant point and whereby the vdescentof the`plunger-'rod may swing the Lcarrier-arm back and lower itonto Vthe pileof checks,`substantially as and for the-purpose set forth.

15. A device for transferring checks or the like from a pile of the sameto a point distant therefrom, such device comprising a horizontally-swinging carrier-arm having capacity of vertical movement when brought overthe pile of checks and provided with means for grasping Vthe top checkof the pile, a plunger-rod provided with an operating lever or treadle,a fixed cylinder through which the plunger-rod works, saidA cylinderbeing provided vwith a guide-slot having a straightiand a curvedsection, a loose sleeve mounted upon said cylinder andi provided with aguide-pin projecting Yinto the slot of said cylinder,'the saidcarrier-arm being mounted' upon said sleeve, substantially as :and forthe purpose 'set forth.

' 16. A device for transferring checks or'the likefrom a pile of thesame toa point distant therefrom, such device comprising the combinationof ahorizontallyi-moving carrier-arm having capacity of verticalmovementwhen lbrought over the pile of checks or the like, means formoving said carrier-arm horizontally and vertically, agraspingdevice'mountednpon said carrier-armand provided with movablefingers for grasping a check-or the like, mechanism for moving theIingerstoward and away from each other, and connections between'saidfinger-operating mechanism and the operating means of the moving lingersmove away from each other and then toward each other, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

17. A device for transferring checks orthe like from a pile of the sameto a point distant therefrom, such device comprising the combination ofa horizontally-movin g carrier-arm having capacity of vertical movementwhen brought over the pile of checks, means for moving said armhorizontally and vertically, a grasping device mounted upon said'a'rmand provided with movable fingers for grasping a check or the like,mechanism for moving said ngers toward and away from each other, thesame comprising horizontally-movl ing slides, a vertically-moving bar,rockers connecting said bar and'slides whereby'the vertical movementofthe bar may affectv the horizontal movement of the slides, and atilting rod connected with said vertically-Inoving bar and actuated bythe operating means ofsaid carrier-arm, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. p ,4 v

18. The combination of a suitable support or holder for a pile of checksor the like',a reciprocating carrier provided with means for graspingthe top one of ai pile of checks and a devicefor releasing said'check,am'ov'able table upon which the check is deposited upon being 'releasedby the carrier, an operatinglever and connectionsV between the'same andthe s aid carrier for swinging the carrier to and fro and for actuatingsaid grasping and releasing device, said connections vactuating' thesaidstable' to'discharge therefrom the de,- posi'ted check'as thecarrier returns with'another check to the table, lsubstautially'as'an'dvfor the purpose set forth.

I19. A grasping and releasing device fora check orthe like, the samecomprising a vertically-reciprocating frame or member provided withsuitably-spaced` grasping-fingers projectingtoward 'each other andvadapted to move toward and away from each Vother-'to grasp andreleasethe check, means for open- IOO ing the fingers as the grasping devicede- 'scendstoward thecheck and thenymovin'g the fingers toward eachother tograsp the check and subsequently to open the iingers againtoreleasethe check, substantially as and-for the purpose set forth.

20.V The combinationof a suitable support or holder fora'pile ofchecks'or the like, means for arching the top one`of the pileof checks,a grasping device'comprising a suitable frame or member' movingvertically toward and away from the pile of ychecks and 'provided withoppositely-arran'ged fingers projecting toward each other and adaptedto' move t0 ward and away from each other so as to grasp the archedcheck when-moved toward each other andA to yrelease the-'same whenlmoved away from each other, slides upon which said fingers are mountedand means for actuating the'slidesto move the fingers toward each otheras the said frame descends andsubsequently to move the fingers away fromeach other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

21. The combination of a suitable support or holder for a pile of checksor the like, a carrier adapted to transferI the top check of the pile toa distant point and deposit it upon a table, a tilting table upon whichthe carrier deposits the check, said carrier having a reciprocatingmotion from a point above said support or holder to a point above saidtable, and means for tilting said table to discharge the deposited checkafter the carrier has moved away from the table, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

22. The combination of a horizontallyswinging carrier-arm fortransferring a check or the like from one point to another anddepositing the same, means for moving said carrier-arm to and frobetween said points, said carrier-arm being provided with means forengaging and lifting a check, a releasing device for depositing thesame, a tilting table for receiving the check when deposited,connections between the said operating means for the swinging arm andthe tilting table for actuating said table to discharge the checksimultaneously with the swinging movement of the carrier-arm whenapproaching the tilting table, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

23. The combination of a platform formed with a slot wider than thethickness of the check or card, an inclined tilting table hinged uponthe platform adjacent to the slot so that a check or the like whenresting upon the table has its lower edge lying Within the slot inengagement with the side of the slot, and means for tilting the table todrop the check through the slot, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

24. The combination of a suitable table or support upon which the checksare in turn deposited, and a separating device adapted to move over saidtable for engaging the check placed thereon and moving it or buckling itto expose a check that may accidentally be beneath the same and thenengaging and holding the subjacent check while the other check is beingremoved or dislodged from said table or support, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

25. The combination of a table having a tilting and a fixed part, aseparating device adapted to engage a check when deposited on the tableand to move it so as-to expose a check that may accidentally be beneathit and then to engage and hold against the fixed part of said table thecheck lying beneath it, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

26. The combination of an inclined table for receiving the check thereonand comprising a tilting part and a fixed part, a separating devicearranged above the fixed part of said table and adapted to engage thecheck deposited on the table and to push it so as to expose a check thatmay accidentally lie beneath the same and then to engage and holdagainst the fixed part of the table the said exposed check andtemporarily prevent its dislodgment by the movement of said tilting partof the table, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

27. In a device for transferring checks and the like, a receptacle, anarm movable to and from the receptacle, and capable of both vertical androtary movement, the said arm being provided with means for arching thecentral portion of the uppermost article on the receptacle, and clampingdevices for engagement with the arched portion of the article, asdescribed.

28. In a machine for transferring checks and the like, a receptacle, atransferring-arm having buckling and clamping devices, and means forrotating and lifting said arm, as set forth.

29. In a machine for transferring checks and the like, a receptacle, anarm capable of moving to and from the receptacle in a rotary andvertical direction, elastic gripping devices carried by said arm, andadjustable clamping devices also carried by said arm, the clampingdevices being at an angle to the supports for the gripping devices, andmoans, substantially as described, for operating the clamping devicessimultaneously with the op eration of the said arm, as described.

30. In a device for transferring checks, a receptacle provided Withguards, a dumping-table, an arm mounted to turn and also having verticalmovement, means for operating the said arm, a spring-support carried bythe arm and having elastic gripping devices at its ends, clampingdevices likewise carried by the said arm, which clamping devices are atright angles to the support for the gripping devices, and mechanism forcarrying the clamping devices in direction of each other when the arm israised and for separating the clam ping devices when the arm is lowered,as described.

31. In adevice for transferring checks, areceptacle forchecks and thelike, a dumpingtable, a plunger-operated arm, which arm is capable ofvertical and of rocking movement, gripping and clamping devices carriedby the arm,a rod arranged to elevate the said plunger, and a projectionfrom the said arm, arranged to operate the dumping-table, as set forth.

32. In a device for .transferring checks and the like, an arm capable ofvertical and of rotary movement, a headcarried by the said arm, meansfor raising the said arm, gripping devices carried by the head of thearm, and operated by the mechanism controlling the movements of saidarm, and a spring-support crossing the said head, and provided at itsends with spring-controlled iexible gripper-s, for the purposespecified.

33. In a machine for transferring checks and the like, a cylinder havinga slot produced therein, said slot having a straight body IOO portionand a curved upper portion, a stop at roughened outer face, a tripdevice for the-tathe upper portionof said cylinder, a plunger ble, and alip held to travel over the fixed held to slide in the cylinder, meansfor operating said plunger, a head provided with clampingy devices,mechanism substantially as described, for operating the clamping devicesby the movement of the plunger, and gripping devices carried bythe saidhead, for the purpose set forth. Y

34. In a machine for transferringcheeks and for similar purposes, edumping-table, a fixed section at :in end of the table, having a l naineto this specification in the section of the table and operated by thesaid 15 trip device, as set forth. l

In testimony-.whereof I have signed my presence of two subscribingWitnesses. f

JACOB C. WOIIFE.

Witnesses: v

J. FRED ACKER, JNO. M. RITTER.

